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The Wingfoot Clan (Akron edition), Vol. 57, No. 42 (October 17, 1968)

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THE
Vol. 57
••NGFOOTY-CLAN .
./.
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
October 17, 1968, Akron, Ohio
AKRON EDITION
No. 42
UFTrain Rolls,One PIedge Unusual
More Fuel
Needed In
UF 'Boiler'
Goodyear's United Fund f 2
'5. .
campaign train is still roll-ing
strong but more finan- f
eial fuel is needed to reach k• '
. ,
the victory station on i..:.:. 44,1.
schedule. . *
Campaign engineer Bob
Woodford, manager of in- f
terplant relations, said that
every Goodyearite's contribution
is needed to stoke the campaign
boilers.
After two weeks of travel
more than 50 per cent of Good-year's
quota has been collected.
But just one week remains and
the journey to the 100 per cent ·
station is still a long one, Wood-ford
said.
••This is one of the best ways
Goodyearites can express them-selves
in community service,"
he said.
In his kick-off address Wood-ford
explained that more than Henery Sanders Jr.
6,000 Goodyearites benefited
from United Fund or Red Cross Each Goodyear dollar helps
agencies last year. to support the more than 49
Another 7,000 employes were agencies given financial assist-given
free chest X-rays at ance by the United Fund.
United Fund sponsored mobile The company-wide drive will
units stationed at plant sites. end Oct. 24.
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2Q ' Extras' Boost Value '
-5Of Benefits Program l
=
e
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This the
fifth and final article in the
series on benefits for em-ployes.)
Some worthwhile "extra"
benefits are available to
Goodyear employes, with
the company paying either
all or part of the cost.
These 6•extras" are in ad-dition
to the benefits of
hospitalization and medical pro-grams,
life insurance and re-tirement
that have been outlined
in previous articles of this ser-ies.
The "extras" for hourly and
salaried employes .include paid
vacations and holidays, military
duty pay, Monthly Investment
Plan and college tuition assist-ance.
You are entitled to two weeks
of vacation after completing one
year of service, three weeks
after five years of service, four
==
weeks after 15· years, five week•
after 22 years and six weeks
after 30 years.
If you take military leave
either for National Guard or
Reserve duty, the company
makes up the difference between
your military pay and your reg-ular
Goodyear pay. The maxi-mum
military duty allowance is
four weeks a year and this is in
addition to regular paid vaca-tions
and holidays.
The Monthly Investment PIan
(MIP) enables you to buy Good-year
common stock through the
payroll deduction system. It is
entirely voluntary and the com-pany
pays brokerage commis-sions.
Under the MIP, employes
may have a minimum of $5 and
a maximum of $99 per month
deducted from their paychecks.
Full details, including author-ization
forms, are available in
the cashier's department, Plant 1.
(Continued On Page 2)
Apprentice
Tops 'Share'
6 Times
When a man pledges six
times the amount expected
of him for the United Fund,
'4: it's natural that someone
would be moved to ask
questions.
Henry Sanders Jr., an &
» 18-year-old apprentice ma- pi
chinist in Goodyear's apprentice . #,
program, last week pledged more
than six times the 6:fair share"
total indicated for his income
level.
-• As a result, he fielded ques-tions
from many surprised UF
workers, including Goodyear's
'tMiss Fair Share," Linda Hall.
United Fund volunteers in his
.. department were shocked when
..-r, Henry returned the pledge card
and their first thought was, '•He
has made a mistake."
6'Are you sure this isn't the
amount you want to pledge per
month, instead of per week ?,"
Henry was asked.
(Continued On Page 2)
Linda Hall
Company-Union Pact
Cou/d /nvo/ve 500 Jobs
United Rubber Workers
Local 2 and Goodyear have
reached an agreement in-volving
tire mold produc-tion
at Plant 1 that could
lead to the saving or cre-ating
of up to 500 jobs in
Akron.
The agreement culmi-nated
a series of meetings
between Local 2 and Goodyear
representatives. The company
told the union that in order to
expand tire mold operations in
Akron it would be necessary to
make certain changes in job as-signment
procedures and work
practices. Otherwise a new plant
for the production of tire molds
would be built elsewhere, the
company said.
An agreement was finally
worked out with representatives
of the employes involved, cov-ering
the necessary ' changes.
One of the, niodifications ap-proved
by Local 2 was to con-tinue
on a permanent basis the
eight-hour work shift presently
in effect. temporarily in this
plant.
A substantial portion of the
total machine shop personnel
are employed in tire mold oper-ations,
located in Building 41 on
Second Ave.
Openings Now
Expansion of tire mold faciti-ties
in Akron will mean the sav-ing
of these jobs and the creation
of a large number of new jobs
as well, Goodyear said. Mean-time,
the company said it could
hire 20 qualified machinists
today if they were available.
The company-union agreement
is subject to a 90-day trial per-iod
beginning Oct. 23..For two
days prior to that, members of
Goodyear supervision and union
representatives will hold meet-ings
to discuss the agreement.
Under terms of the agreement
the eight-hour shift in the mold
shop becomes a standard Or
permanent shift, in contrast to
the six-hour shift generally in
effect in other Goodyear-Akron
plants. Although the employes
involved have worked the eight-hour
shift for mahy years, it has
always been by mutual consent,
subject t6 a 30-day cancellation
notice by either party.
"The company-union agree-ment
involving the mold shop
practices is a significant for-ward
step in keeping jobs in
Akron," said Nelson Ball, vice
president of industrial relations.
"Last spririg we outlined these
and other practices and work
habits to Local 2 oflicers and di-vision
chairmen. The agreement
under which some of these prac-tices
will be eliminated repre-sents
a positive concern about
preserving and increasing em-ployment
in the Akron manufac-turing
operations."
John Nardella, president of
Local 2, expressed appreciation
to the union's district represen-tatives
and members who coop-erated
in achieving the
agreement.
"The intent is to maintain and
create jobs in Akron," he said.
"We think it· represents a step
in a new direction that will help
stop these jobs from leaving
here. And we hope there are
other opportunities where our
members can work with man-agement
in resolving problems
with the intent of future growth
here in the Akron plant."
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-.-
THE
Vol. 57
••NGFOOTY-CLAN .
./.
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
October 17, 1968, Akron, Ohio
AKRON EDITION
No. 42
UFTrain Rolls,One PIedge Unusual
More Fuel
Needed In
UF 'Boiler'
Goodyear's United Fund f 2
'5. .
campaign train is still roll-ing
strong but more finan- f
eial fuel is needed to reach k• '
. ,
the victory station on i..:.:. 44,1.
schedule. . *
Campaign engineer Bob
Woodford, manager of in- f
terplant relations, said that
every Goodyearite's contribution
is needed to stoke the campaign
boilers.
After two weeks of travel
more than 50 per cent of Good-year's
quota has been collected.
But just one week remains and
the journey to the 100 per cent ·
station is still a long one, Wood-ford
said.
••This is one of the best ways
Goodyearites can express them-selves
in community service,"
he said.
In his kick-off address Wood-ford
explained that more than Henery Sanders Jr.
6,000 Goodyearites benefited
from United Fund or Red Cross Each Goodyear dollar helps
agencies last year. to support the more than 49
Another 7,000 employes were agencies given financial assist-given
free chest X-rays at ance by the United Fund.
United Fund sponsored mobile The company-wide drive will
units stationed at plant sites. end Oct. 24.
•11'1111'limmlit'11'111'11'111'11'llilmill'll'llititill'll'litilitill'll'llill'llimill'll'll'll'll'll'llill'ill'llillillill'llillillimmill'll'llillill'llillililllitilitillilillill'Imill'1111111111111111111111••
2Q ' Extras' Boost Value '
-5Of Benefits Program l
=
e
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This the
fifth and final article in the
series on benefits for em-ployes.)
Some worthwhile "extra"
benefits are available to
Goodyear employes, with
the company paying either
all or part of the cost.
These 6•extras" are in ad-dition
to the benefits of
hospitalization and medical pro-grams,
life insurance and re-tirement
that have been outlined
in previous articles of this ser-ies.
The "extras" for hourly and
salaried employes .include paid
vacations and holidays, military
duty pay, Monthly Investment
Plan and college tuition assist-ance.
You are entitled to two weeks
of vacation after completing one
year of service, three weeks
after five years of service, four
==
weeks after 15· years, five week•
after 22 years and six weeks
after 30 years.
If you take military leave
either for National Guard or
Reserve duty, the company
makes up the difference between
your military pay and your reg-ular
Goodyear pay. The maxi-mum
military duty allowance is
four weeks a year and this is in
addition to regular paid vaca-tions
and holidays.
The Monthly Investment PIan
(MIP) enables you to buy Good-year
common stock through the
payroll deduction system. It is
entirely voluntary and the com-pany
pays brokerage commis-sions.
Under the MIP, employes
may have a minimum of $5 and
a maximum of $99 per month
deducted from their paychecks.
Full details, including author-ization
forms, are available in
the cashier's department, Plant 1.
(Continued On Page 2)
Apprentice
Tops 'Share'
6 Times
When a man pledges six
times the amount expected
of him for the United Fund,
'4: it's natural that someone
would be moved to ask
questions.
Henry Sanders Jr., an &
» 18-year-old apprentice ma- pi
chinist in Goodyear's apprentice . #,
program, last week pledged more
than six times the 6:fair share"
total indicated for his income
level.
-• As a result, he fielded ques-tions
from many surprised UF
workers, including Goodyear's
'tMiss Fair Share," Linda Hall.
United Fund volunteers in his
.. department were shocked when
..-r, Henry returned the pledge card
and their first thought was, '•He
has made a mistake."
6'Are you sure this isn't the
amount you want to pledge per
month, instead of per week ?,"
Henry was asked.
(Continued On Page 2)
Linda Hall
Company-Union Pact
Cou/d /nvo/ve 500 Jobs
United Rubber Workers
Local 2 and Goodyear have
reached an agreement in-volving
tire mold produc-tion
at Plant 1 that could
lead to the saving or cre-ating
of up to 500 jobs in
Akron.
The agreement culmi-nated
a series of meetings
between Local 2 and Goodyear
representatives. The company
told the union that in order to
expand tire mold operations in
Akron it would be necessary to
make certain changes in job as-signment
procedures and work
practices. Otherwise a new plant
for the production of tire molds
would be built elsewhere, the
company said.
An agreement was finally
worked out with representatives
of the employes involved, cov-ering
the necessary ' changes.
One of the, niodifications ap-proved
by Local 2 was to con-tinue
on a permanent basis the
eight-hour work shift presently
in effect. temporarily in this
plant.
A substantial portion of the
total machine shop personnel
are employed in tire mold oper-ations,
located in Building 41 on
Second Ave.
Openings Now
Expansion of tire mold faciti-ties
in Akron will mean the sav-ing
of these jobs and the creation
of a large number of new jobs
as well, Goodyear said. Mean-time,
the company said it could
hire 20 qualified machinists
today if they were available.
The company-union agreement
is subject to a 90-day trial per-iod
beginning Oct. 23..For two
days prior to that, members of
Goodyear supervision and union
representatives will hold meet-ings
to discuss the agreement.
Under terms of the agreement
the eight-hour shift in the mold
shop becomes a standard Or
permanent shift, in contrast to
the six-hour shift generally in
effect in other Goodyear-Akron
plants. Although the employes
involved have worked the eight-hour
shift for mahy years, it has
always been by mutual consent,
subject t6 a 30-day cancellation
notice by either party.
"The company-union agree-ment
involving the mold shop
practices is a significant for-ward
step in keeping jobs in
Akron," said Nelson Ball, vice
president of industrial relations.
"Last spririg we outlined these
and other practices and work
habits to Local 2 oflicers and di-vision
chairmen. The agreement
under which some of these prac-tices
will be eliminated repre-sents
a positive concern about
preserving and increasing em-ployment
in the Akron manufac-turing
operations."
John Nardella, president of
Local 2, expressed appreciation
to the union's district represen-tatives
and members who coop-erated
in achieving the
agreement.
"The intent is to maintain and
create jobs in Akron," he said.
"We think it· represents a step
in a new direction that will help
stop these jobs from leaving
here. And we hope there are
other opportunities where our
members can work with man-agement
in resolving problems
with the intent of future growth
here in the Akron plant."
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,\ ,
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b.1
1